Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The smell of lamps and orange peel
- 2 ‘A devil of a trade’
- 3 The profit-sharing revolution
- 4 Piracy and the defence of dramatic property
- 5 Booksellers and dramatic publishing
- 6 From wings to centre stage
- 7 The new professionals
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of plays and playwrights
- General index
List of abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The smell of lamps and orange peel
- 2 ‘A devil of a trade’
- 3 The profit-sharing revolution
- 4 Piracy and the defence of dramatic property
- 5 Booksellers and dramatic publishing
- 6 From wings to centre stage
- 7 The new professionals
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of plays and playwrights
- General index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Profession of the PlaywrightBritish Theatre, 1800–1900, pp. xvii - xxPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992